By Kym-n-Mark Todd As writers, we all spend lots of time thinking about narrative craft – plot, character, setting, dialog – but what about the blank spaces between all those words? Readers don’t give much thought to those spaces – unless they’re missing. So it’s up to writers to fill the blanks with implied…
Author: Patricia Stoltey
Why I Decided to Hire a PR Company as an Indie Author
By Colleen Oakes Last night, at approximately 11pm, I decided that I would make some promo images for my upcoming novel, Queen of Hearts. I’m up late frequently these days, which is not very conducive for sleeping or for having a newborn. I’m up late doing weird things like promo images, because in this new,…
RMFW Spotlight
Mike Befeler, who posts here every other Monday, is recovering from a recent health setback. Mike, we send you lots of good wishes and prayers for a quick and full recovery. While Mike gets a little R&R, we thought we’d take this time to introduce a few of our RMFW officers and volunteers. We sat…
New Adult: Defining it in Art and in Life
By Trai Cartwright Part Three of a Six-Part Monthly Series If you haven’t already heard, the writing world has a Hot New Thing. It’s called New Adult, and everyone’s after it – but no one can agree on what it is. I’ve been known to take a poll or two, collecting data until there are…
Trying to Retire
By Carol Caverly I’ve been in the writing business for a long time, since the late fifties, I think. It’s been a long wondrous, fascinating journey. But as the years have passed, and the business changing completely (some for the better, some for the worse) the fire in the belly has disappeared, or perhaps worn…